The Adoption & Foster Care Journey
Religion & Spirituality:Christianity
“LORD, you know the hopes of the helpless. Surely you will hear their cries and comfort them. You will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed, somber people can no longer terrify them.” Psalm 10:17-18
Eighty percent of the children diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome are in the foster care system. The average age that children with an FASD begin having trouble with the law is 12.8 years old. Fifty percent of individuals with an FASD have a history of confinement in a jail, prison, chemical health treatment facility, or psychiatric hospital.
According to Proof Alliance, FASD behaviors that contribute to these poor outcomes are confabulation, memory challenges, difficulty with impulse control, inability to understand consequences, difficulty connecting cause and effect, and vulnerability to peer pressure. Caregivers of individuals with an FASD are familiar with these behaviors. What can be done to help assure the success of our kids?
On this week’s episode of our Orphans No More podcast, host Sandra Flach talks with Albany County Court Judge Andra Ackerman about FASD and the criminal justice system. Over her career, Judge Ackerman has fiercely advocated for vulnerable children in the system. Born to an alcoholic mother, Andra spent time in the foster care system. Her experience fuels her passion for justice for vulnerable youth.
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Links mentioned in this episode:
Proof Alliance
FAFASD 50 Facts
FASD Success Podcast
FASD Hope Podcast
Positive Adoption Podcast
FASD Statistics
Episode #273 - Rush to Hope with Adoptive Mom Samantha Morgan
Episode #272 - Speak Up For Children in Foster Care with Jeanette Barreiro
Episode 271 - FASD Advocate Susan Shepard Carlson of NOFAS
Episode #270 - Open Heart Adoption with Adoptive Mom Lisa Murphy
Episode 269 - FASD Family Life With Adoptive Mom, Robbie Seale
Episode 268 - Orphans No More Book Preview with Author, Sandra Flach
Episode #267 - Rebuilding Lives with Adoptive Mom, Jennifer Andrews
Episode 266 - Wisdom & Knowledge for Foster & Adoptive Parents with Sandra Flach
Episode #265 - Equipping Foster & Adoptive Parent with Sandra Flach
Episode 264 -Amazing Grace Advocacy With Adoptive Mom, Gwen Bartley
Episode 263 - Embraced—Truth About Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders with Joel Sheagren
Episode 262 - Healing Childhood Trauma with Riley the Brave author, Jessica Sinarski
Episode 260 - Remote Learning and FASD with Adoptive Mom Sherrie Wixtrom
Episode # 259 - Fostering Well With Christine Robinson
Episode #258 - Navigating Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder with Natalie Vecchione
Episode #257 - Talking Adoption & FASD with Cindy LaJoy of Blue Collar Homeschool
Episode #256 - Finding the Treasure In Children With an FASD
Episode #255 - Adoption, FASD, and Homeschooling by Faith with Linda Nasman
Episode #254 - Adoption and the Sanctity of Life – Deeply Woven Biblical Principals
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